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  • Lunya \ she/it
    52•3 months ago

    false

    tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options
Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
zsh: exit 2     tar
    • @[email protected]
      7•3 months ago

      OK now I have to escape to really smart assery and assume that’s what I meant the whole time ;)

      Edit code 2 describes something that went wrong - but that something telling you that it went wrong was the tar binary which therefor most have been valid to evaluate that!

      Under no circumstances did I assume that the hint towards help itself would’ve been an exit code 0, no sir!

      To be honest: if I’d designed that bomb it would’ve exploded in my face for trying to be too clever.